Caldwell, Honnold: Yosemite Free Triple Crown
5/21/12 - Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold have pulled off an extraordinary feet of endurance free-climbing in Yosemite Valley.
Austrians Top Podium; Puccio, McColl in Top Four
5/22/12 - Kilian Fischhuber and Anna Stöhr took first in the latest Bouldering World Cup in their local town of Innsbruck, Austria, on May 19.
Two Huge Days in Eldorado
5/18/12 - Colorado's Eldorado Canyon, one of the centers of free climbing in the 1970s, rarely makes national news these days.
MacLeod Repeats V15 in Magic Wood
5/15/12 - Dave MacLeod—a prominent Scottish ice, mixed, and trad climber—made the second ascent of Daniel Wood’s Mystic Stylez (V15) on Sunday, May 13, in Magic Wood, Switzerland.
Woods: New 5.14d in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado
5/9/12 - Daniel Woods has completed a new route in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado, that he's estimating to weigh in at 5.14d.
Graham Repeats V15, Makes V14 FA
5/2/12 - Dave Graham reports that last week he made the third ascent of Paint it Black (V15) in Rocky Mountain National Park, and also established several first ascents in an area called Wild Basin.
Noguchi, Gelmanov Take Second Gold Each in Vienna
4/30/12 - The 2012 International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup continued April 28 with a bouldering event in Vienna, Austria.
Martin Keller: 100 days Leads to New V15
4/27/12 - Martin Keller is proposing V15 for a new boulder problem in Chironico, Switzerland.
2012 World Cup Event Kicks Off in China
4/27/12 - The 2012 International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup series commenced with a bouldering event in Chongqing, China, on April 13, with Jakob Schubert and Akiyo Noguchi taking home the year's first gold medals.
Robinson Snags V14, V15 in RMNP
4/26/12 - Paul Robinson is making the most of his time in Colorado: He's repeated Mirror Reality (V14) and made the second ascent of Paint it Black (V15), both Daniel Woods problems in Rocky Mountain National Park.
DiGiulian's Second 5.14d: Era Bella
4/25/12 - Sasha DiGiulian has climbed her second 5.14d with Chris Sharma's Era Bella in Margalef, Spain.
Silvia Vidal: 32 Days on a Big Wall
4/24/12 - Silvia Vidal, a notable big wall soloist, spent 32 days on the Serranía Avalancha in Patagonia, Chile, to establish the 1,300-meter Espiadimonis (A4 5.10c).
Venezuelan Tepui Sees Two New Routes
4/24/12 - After 38 days in the jungle, Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stephane Hanssens, and Jean-Louis Wertz returned to civilization with two new first ascents on the Amuri Tepui in Venezuela, one of the steepest big walls in the world.
Hardest Route in CO's Escalante Canyon?
4/17/12 - Rob Pizem has made the first free ascent of The Frank Zappa Appreciation Society (5.13+), potentially the hardest established route in Escalante Canyon, Colorado.
James Pearson Flashes 7-Pitch 5.13d
4/12/12 - This week, James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini repeated Mezzogiorno di Fuoco (5.13d, seven pitches) at Punta Giradili in Sardinia, Italy.
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